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| Lucky for Homer they clean a plane's sewage system before takeoff. Uh, right? |
At Moe's, the bar mates freak out when the health inspector comes in, but it turns out the inspector and Moe are childhood friends, and gives Moe a pass on his otherwise unclean bar. That is, until the inspector eats a foul pickled egg and dies on the spot. A week later, a new health inspector comes in and cites enough health violations to shut the bar down. As everyone mourns the loss of Moe's, Homer can't deal with it, and realizes that if Moe can simply pay for repairs it'll be back. So, he takes money out of his house, despite having just fully paid off the mortgage, and Moe's is back in business.
Marge is angered by this move, and decides to ensure they get their money back by making sure Moe's remains profitable. After all, she's now technically its co-owner. With Marge now middling in Moe's business, she convinces Moe to turn the bar into a British pub. It becomes a popular destination, and Marge and Moe become more than just uncooperative business associates, they also become good friends.
Homer takes notices of this, and learns from Lenny and Carl that the two are having an 'emotional affair', that even though there is no physical contact, the two are still now sharing a strong bond with one another. To make matters worse, Marge and Moe are invited to a bartender's association meeting in Aruba... the next day! Egged on by his kids and helped by the police, Homer quickly gets to the airport - and the airplane to save his marriage. With Moe trying to make some moves on Marge (thus making Homer's fears half-right), Moe is able to get Homer off him by making him realize that Moe knows more about Marge than Homer does. While Moe won that 'contest', Marge still can't leave Homer, and the two make up in a way where even Moe realizes he just dodged a bullet. Even so, a depressed Moe does get some encouragement from Marge where, if he can clean up his act, he could get a woman, then she realizes that the kids are unattended, but its okay because they're having balloon adventures in Europe.
Quick Review
Like many other episodes so far this season, the jokes are lacking in both quantity and quality for this episode to have any chance of being good. Even though the slight twist in a repeating plotline (Moe remodels his bar... but now Marge is helping!) isn't enough to really hurt the episode any, there just isn't anything to either redeem or salvage the episode from being another 'mailing it in' effort.
Final Score: 5.9
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